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2015's classic Oakland A's Jewish Heritage Night giveaway: a ball cap with "A's" transliterated into Hebrew. (Photo/Twitter-@AshleyWaxman)
Posted inSports

Kaddish for the A’s: Jewish fans in mourning as team eyes move to Vegas

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher May 2, 2023May 9, 2023
a tattered american flag is seen waving through barbed wire in the foreground
Posted inLocal Voice

We must restore the voting rights of incarcerated Californians

Jo Kreiter by Jo Kreiter May 2, 2023May 2, 2023
Oakland Tech senior Madds Dittmer (right, with Alex Mayr) wrote, directed and acts in an episode of a miniseries that will premiere May 19 on YouTube. (Photo/Ari Arroyo)
Posted inTV & Film

Trans Jewish teen from Oakland puts their reality on film

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 2, 2023June 5, 2023
five little girls, one little boy, and two parents, both holding infants, pose together for a family picture
Posted inKids & Family

East Bay Chabad couple welcomes fourth set of twins

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
a bald man in a white coat holds up a large wheel cheese, smiling slightly
Posted inOrganic Epicure

He went from herding goats in Israel to making ‘sublime’ cheese in Sonoma

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
Or Bareket will appear at the Black Cat in San Francisco May 11-13. (Photo/Maria Jarzyna)
Posted inMusic

Multi-dimensional Israeli bassist Or Bareket coming to S.F.’s Black Cat

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
Joc Pederson in his new pearls with Star of David, a birthday gift from Team Israel. (Photo/Twitter via @ILBaseball)
Posted inSports

Team Israel says happy birthday to Giants slugger Joc Pederson — with a pearl necklace

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 28, 2023April 28, 2023
A surrealist 1937 WPA mural (left) by Reuben Kadish (right) has been restored and is on view in San Francisco.
Posted inCulture

A surrealist WPA mural in S.F. by Jewish artist Reuben Kadish has been restored

by Julie Zigoris and San Francisco Standard April 28, 2023
Our analysis of Goyim TV flyer incidents across the U.S. includes this map — an interactive version is available below. (Screenshot/Google Maps)
Posted inNews

How an antisemitic flyer campaign that began in the Bay Area went national

Lillian Ilsley-GreeneGabe Stutman by Lillian Ilsley-Greene and Gabe Stutman April 28, 2023April 28, 2023
Judy Blume reads letters from young readers in "Judy Blume Forever." (Photo/Courtesy Prime Video)
Posted inFilm

‘Judy Blume Forever’: New doc proves iconic author has always been a mensch

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent April 27, 2023April 27, 2023

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